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In Iran ERBIL INSTITUT KURDDE PARIS E Bulletin de liaison et d’information N°422 MAI 2020 La publication de ce Bulletin bénéficie de subventions du Ministère français des Affaires étrangères (DGCID) et du Fonds d’action et de soutien pour l’intégration et la lutte contre les discriminations (FASILD) ————— Ce bulletin paraît en français et anglais Prix au numéro : France: 6 € — Etranger : 7,5 € Abonnement annuel (12 numéros) France : 60 € — Etranger : 75 € Périodique mensuel Directeur de la publication : Mohamad HASSAN Numéro de la Commission Paritaire : 659 13 A.S. ISBN 0761 1285 INSTITUT KURDE, 106, rue La Fayette - 75010 PARIS Tél. : 01- 48 24 64 64 - Fax : 01- 48 24 64 66 www.fikp.org E-mail: [email protected] Bulletin de liaison et d’information de l’Institut kurde de Paris N° 422 mai 2020 • TURQUIE: L’ÉPIDÉMIE GAGNE LES PRISONS, LE POUVOIR ARRÊTE DE NOUVEAUX MAIRES DU HDP • ROJAVA: AVANCÉES VERS L’UNITÉ INTRA- KURDE MALGRÉ L’HOSTILITÉ TURQUE • IRAN: LE RÉGIME CONTINUE À DISSIMULER LES CHIFFRES DE L’ÉPIDÉMIE, NOMBREUX KOLBARS ABATTUS • IRAK: NOUVEAU GOVERNEMENT, NOUVELLES NÉGOCIATIONS POUR LE BUDGET DU KURDISTAN… TURQUIE: L’ÉPIDÉMIE GAGNE LES PRISONS, LE POUVOIR ARRÊTE DE NOUVEAUX MAIRES DU HDP près la chanteuse de rité. Le 11, un des témoins à char- ponsable du syndicat DISK dans «Grup Yorum», Helin ge dans le procès du groupe a la capitale, Tayfun Görgün, a Bölek, décédée le 3 confessé avoir déposé sous la remarqué ironiquement que avril, c’est le bassiste du menace et a indiqué vouloir se l’épidémie justifiait l’interdiction A groupe, Ibrahim rétracter. Après le décès, deux d’un regroupement de 25 per- Gökçek, qui est mort à l’hôpital juges, Ayşe Sarısu Pehlivan et sonnes, mais que dans les mines, le 7 mai, deux jours après avoir Orhan Gazi Ertekin, ont posté le travail se poursuivait dans des arrêté une grève de la faim de sur les réseaux sociaux des mes- conditions de promiscuité déplo- 323 jours. Gökçek, qui ne pesait sages de tristesse. Le Conseil des rables… plus que 40 kg, a été inhumé à juges et procureurs (HSK) les a Kayseri, malgré l’opposition des immédiatement suspendus et a Dans un contexte économique ultranationalistes. Porte-voix des lancé une enquête, accusant catastrophique, le pouvoir s’in- opprimés et des minorités, le Ertekin de «propagande pour quiète clairement de la contesta- groupe chantait en turc comme une organisation terroriste». tion populaire. Le 1er mai, la poli- en kurde et en arménien, abor- Quant au drame de Soma, le 12, ce a bouclé le siège du DISK à dant des sujets sociaux comme la le gouverneur d’Ankara a inter- Istanbul et incarcéré son prési- catastrophe des mines de Soma dit sa commémoration publique dent Arzu Çerkezoğlu avec 25 de en 2014, où 301 mineurs étaient «en raison des mesures sanitaires ses membres, interdisant l’accès morts faute de mesures de sécu- prises contre l’épidémie». Le res- à Taksim. Le président turc a • 2 • Bulletin de liaison et d’information n° 422 • mai 2020 déclaré : «Nous continuerons à D'après ce que nous disent nos niqué par PEN International .Le protéger les droits de nos tra- membres, la maladie continue de 8, le bureau du procureur de vailleurs», ce qui laisse songeur se propager». Le DISK note aussi Silivri a annoncé que 44 prison- quand on lit les statistiques de dans un rapport que ses niers avaient été testés positifs. TürkStat: durant les six dernières membres courent trois fois plus Le 12, la députée HDP d’Istanbul années, le nombre d’accidents du de risques de contamination que Züleyha Gülüm, critiquant l’ab- travail a été multiplié par cinq, la population générale… Par sence d’information des autori- avec 1.736 victimes rien qu’en ailleurs, le pouvoir, alors qu’il a tés, a demandé dans une ques- 2019 (Bianet). Quant aux indica- libéré 90.000 détenus de droit tion parlementaire au ministre teurs économiques, déjà critiques commun, dont des gangsters de la Justice quand et dans avant l’épidémie, ils se sont d’extrême-droite, a laissé en pri- quelles prisons 120 prisonniers encore aggravés: le FMI prévoit son les élus, journalistes, avocats, avaient été trouvés positifs, si les pour 2020 une contraction de 5% militants associatifs... dont le prisonniers libérés avaient été du PIB et un taux de chômage de seul tort était de s’opposer sans testés, et si les gardiens l’avaient 17,2%... Les investisseurs étran- violence à l’autocratie été… Le 22, il a été annoncé qu’il gers se retirent massivement, d’Erdoğan. Ce faisant, notait y avait à présent 82 prisonniers huit milliards de dollars ont quit- Ahmet Insel le 20 dans une inter- contaminés à Silivri et qu’un té le pays depuis janvier, entraî- view à Orient-XXI, «le régime était mort. Le même jour, le nant l’effondrement de la mon- révèle clairement sa nature». ministère de l’Intérieur a indiqué naie (–17%) alors qu’en 2021 la Alors que le système de santé qu’au cours des deux mois pré- Turquie devra rembourser 168 turc a plutôt démontré sa rési- cédents, 510 personnes avaient milliards de dollars (Le Monde). lience face à l’épidémie, les été arrêtées pour des contenus Les coûteux projets que M. conditions demeurent scanda- «sans fondement» ou «provoca- Erdoğan prise tant sont de plus leuses dans les prisons. Le 4, la teurs» postés sur les réseaux en plus critiqués, alors que les députée HDP d’Ağrı Dilek sociaux à propos de l’épidémie. rentrées du tourisme ont quasi- Dirayet Taşdemir a rapporté un Le 26, la députée HDP de ment disparu. Le président conti- témoignage de l’ancien député Diyarbakir Feleknas Uca a posé nue à naviguer à vue entre fer- Halil Aksoy, 72 ans. Détenu à une question parlementaire à metures sanitaires et réouver- Kandıra, il a informé sa famille propos de la situation sanitaire tures provisoires essentiellement par téléphone n’avoir reçu aucun dans la prison de Bayburt, rap- destinées à sauver son pouvoir produit d'hygiène pour la pro- portant des témoignages acca- (New York Times). Refusant de tection contre le virus, sauf une blants selon lesquels les locaux demander un prêt au FMI, M. barre de savon deux mois aupa- ne sont pas régulièrement désin- Erdoğan tente maintenant de se ravant, alors que le magasin de fectées, les agents pénitentiaires rapprocher de ceux qu’il insultait la prison n’a rien… Le 11, deux sont en contact étroit avec les pri- à longueur de discours : l’Union rapports différents d’avocats et sonniers, les fournitures d'hygiè- européenne et les États-Unis. défenseurs des droits de l’hom- ne sont vendues à des «prix exor- Dans une lettre à l’UE envoyée le me ont fait état de la propagation bitants», les règles d'hygiène ne 9 mai, il écrit: «Nous sommes de l’épidémie dans les prisons et sont pas respectées dans la distri- tous dans le même bateau», et il demandé aux autorités de four- bution de la nourriture, et les pri- a retardé le déploiement des mis- nir les produits d’hygiène néces- sonniers n'ont pas reçu d'eau siles russes S400… Vis-à-vis de saires aux détenus et de les tester chaude depuis deux mois… Elle son opinion intérieure, il tente la (Bianet). La journaliste kurde a notamment rapporté que suite diversion en ressuscitant le pro- Nurcan Baysal a dénoncé dans à la pénurie de masques, des gar- jet de rendre l’ancienne basilique plusieurs articles l’inaction des diens avaient donné un seul Sainte-Sophie au culte musul- autorités dans les régions kurdes masque à huit détenus, leur man (Le Monde). du pays, rappelant aussi que, déclarant: «Celui qui parle porte durant le récent état d’urgence, le masque»… (Bianet) Malgré les déclarations du prési- 20.000 travailleurs de la santé dent et celles du gouvernement kurdes, dont 3.315 médecins, ont La répression du HDP s’est sur un «retour progressif à la été licenciés. Elle note aussi que poursuivie tout le mois. Le 7, la normale», Ozgur Karabulut, pré- dans les provinces kurdes, tous peine de sept ans et demi de pri- sident du syndicat progressiste les affichages de consignes sani- son pour «appartenance à une des travailleurs de la construc- taires sont rédigés uniquement organisation illégale» infligée à tion, a déclaré au New York en turc. Ses articles lui ont attiré Selma Irmak, l’ancienne coprési- Times: «Sur nos lieux de travail , un véritable harcèlement judi- dente du Congrès pour une nous constatons le contraire. […] ciaire, dénoncé dans un commu- Société Démocratique (DTK), a n° 422 • mai 2020 Bulletin de liaison et d’information • 3 • été confirmée en cassation sants du HDP ou du BDP, dont d’auteurs inconnus» (que les (RojInfo). Le 15, huit nouveaux des femmes membres de Kurdes appellent par dérision co-maires HDP ont été arrêtés et groupes féministes (notamment «meurtres d’auteurs bien remplacés par des administra- de TJA, Mouvement des femmes connus») se monterait à bien teurs non-élus. Il s’agit de libres) ont été arrêtés à davantage: près de 17.000… Berivan Helen Işık et Diyarbakir. Le 30, les deux co- (RojInfo) La veille, les «Mères du Peymandara Turhan (Siirt), présidents HDP de la province samedi», qui manifestent chaque Eylem Çelik et Yaşar Akkuş de Batman, Ömer Kutlu et Fatma semaine à Galatasaray pour (Iğdır), Ramazan Sarsılmaz et Ablay, ont été incarcérés après obtenir des informations sur Özden Gülmez (Baykan), et de un raid sur le bureau provincial leurs enfants disparus après le Baran Akgül et Esmer Baran du parti. coup d’État de 1980 et durant les (Kurtalan).
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